Leaving Tokyo (again)

I hate this leaving crap!

It's always the case when you have a limited amount of time somewhere. You try to visit different places while hitting all the familiar spots. Well, I definitely visited someplace different this trip. I visited the Yasukuni Shrine. I ran into a protest. I saw more cops in one place than in all my previous visits.

This is the shrine:

This is a protester:

And these are a bunch of Tokyo Metros who are covering the event. A bit camera shy, very unusual for Japan:

Yeah, that's me, always trying to stay outta trouble. Heh.

Speaking of trouble, I stopped by Akihabara on my way to NRT. They close the main drag on Sunday so it's all cosplayers, musicians and otaku.

And naturally, a lot of the people who hang out here on Sunday look like this:

Like I said, trouble! Next stop, HKG...